Travels with My Briefcase
- ISBN-10
- 0349107963
- ISBN-13
- 9780349107967
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995-12-14
- Publisher
- Abacus
- Author
- Peter Biddlecombe
Description
The author describes his often bizarre experiences travelling the world as a businessman. These include signing a deal with a government minister on his knees in a mosque during Tabaski, and queuing behind 253 other people to use Abuja's only radio link to the outside world.
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